Colter.



J. Z. ELDER.

COLTER.

APPLICATION EILED M16. 3. 1915.

Patented Apr. 25,1916.

W1TNESSES:

JAMES ZEJDRCK ELDER, 0F KILGORE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 CHARLES R. FLOUREY, CF KILGORE, TEXAS.

COLTER.

Application filed August 3, 1915.

T0 aZZ w7wm il? may concern:

Be it knoWn that I, JAMES ZEDRICK ELDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kilgore, in the county of Gregg and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Colter, of which the following is a specificatien.

This invention relates to an improvement in colters, and the object is in the appropriation of means -for fastening the colter to the mold board and in the 1nounting of the colter upon the mold board and share.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination et parts, which Will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

Many slight changes may be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts described, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and hence 1 do not wish to be limited to the exact con struction as herein set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow showing the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a trans verse vertical sectional view. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the colter. F ig. 5 is a perspective view shoWing the modified form of colter applied to a plow. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view through the stand ard and c0lter showing the manner of mounting the colter.

A represents the standard or post of the plow and B is the land-side connected there to. A mold board C is connected to the post or standard and is supported upon a fiange 1 formed on the standard. Bolts 2 connect the mold board to the flange 1 and nuts 3 are screwed upon the bolts 2 for maintain ing the mold board in position.

A share or point 1 is connected to the loWer terminal of the mold board. A colter consisting of a vertical blade 6 is mounted upon the mold board and share along the edge thereof or the ridge of the plow which is beveled on one side thereof, as at 7, for forming a cutting edge for the pnrpose of cutting the sod. A lip or wing 8 is connected to the blade 6 and extends at an angle thereirom, conforming to the contour of the mold board C. The Wing or lip 8 is provided with openings Which register with the openings of the mold board, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1016.

Serial No. 43,497.

the bolts 2 which fasten the mold board to the standard are passed through the open- 1ngs of the wing for fastening the wing, mold board and standard together, and maintaining the blade rigidly in position and along the ridge of the plow so that one surface of the blade is in the same vertical plane With the land-side B.

The blade extends downwardly to the point or share 4, but does not project the full length of the share. The cntting edge of the blade is preferably held at an incline when the colter has been applied to the mold-board.

The wing 8 is bent at an angle from the lower side of the blade 6, and is monnted on the mold-board, but extends short of the share, that is, the wing does not extend beyond the loWer edge of the mold-board, so that it Will not interfere with the removal of the point or share at any time, for the purpose of renewing the point or share.

A notch or recess 9 is formed on the lower side of the blade 6 and above the upper edge of the Wing 8, so that in the application of the colter blade to the moldboard the notch Will receive the upper edge of the moldboard, and the lower side of the upper portion of the blade 6 will rest against the post A.

In the construction set forth in Figs. 5 and 6 the blade 6 is provided with a wing 10 which is provided with an opening 11 for the reception of a boit 12, which fastens the moldboard 0 to the standard A. Connecter] to the upper terminal of the blade 6 is a yoke consisting of arms 13 which receive the standard A therebetween. A plate 14 is placed upon the arms, which is brought into engagement with the standard A and the plate is held in position by nnts 15, vvhich are screwed upon the terminals of the arme for fastening the upper terminal of the colter to the standard.

' From the foregoing it Will be seen that I have provided a colter Which can be applied and fastened to the moldboard of a plow by the bolts which connect the mold-board to the standard, and maintain the colter along the ridge of the pl0W so that the turf and sod can be readily out in plowing.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a plow standard,

a 1nold board, and a fastening device passing through the mold board and standard t0 secure the same together, of a colter blade mounted on the mold board and haVing a Wing lying fiat against the mold board in register with said fastening device and adapted to receive the device therethrough for securing the colter blade in place.

2. The combination with a plow standard, of a mold-board and ploW share mounted on the standard, a colter blade mounted upon the mold-board and share along one edge thereof in line with the point of the plow, a Wing on the blade resting against the'mold-board, and seeuring means engaging said wing and mold-board to hold the same npon the standard.

' 3. The combination with a plow standard, of a mold-board and plow share 1nonnted on the standard, a colter blade mounted on the mold-board and plow share along one edge thereof in line with the point of the plow, means on the blade engaging the mold b0ard, and means conneeting said 1neans and mold-board to the standard, said blade having a notch formed therein in Whieh the upper edge of the mold-board is received and the upper terminal of the blade brought into engagement with the ploW standard.

4. The combination with a plow standard, of a mold-board and plow share mounted on the standard, a colter blade mounted on the mOld-board and ploW share along one edge thereof in line with the point of the plow, a wing connected to the blade extending over and upon the mold-board and short of the plow share, and means passing through and connecting said Wing and mold-board to the standard.

5. The combination with a ploW standard, and a mold-board and plow share mounted thereon, of a eolter blade mounted upon the mold-board and share, the upper terminal of the blade being rigidly engaged with the standard above the mold-board, and the lower terminal of the blade extending over the share, a wing projeeting inwardly from the blade and mounted upon the moldboard, and a bolt and nut for conneeting the Wing to the mold-board and standard, whereby the blade is maintained rigidly in position With its outer face in the same vertical plane as the landside.

6. The eombination with a plow standard, and a mold-board and plow share mounted thereon, of a colter blade mounted upon the moldboard and share, the lower terminal 01 the blade extending over the share, a wing projecting inwardly from the blade and mounted upon the mold-board, and a bolt and nut for connecting the Wing to the 1noldboard and standard, whereby the blade is maintained rigidly in position with its outer face in the same, vertical plane as the landside.

In testimony, that I clai1n the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed 1ny signature in the presenee of two witnesses.

J AMIES ZEDRICK ELDER.

WVitnesses:

CIIAS. R. SHOGKLEY, JOHN T. CRIM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 01 Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

